- Bile duct stricture
- Biliary stricture
- Biliary tract disease
- Esophageal achalasia
- Gastric carcinoid tumor
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- Pancreatic cancer
- Villous adenoma
- Colonoscopy
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Michael L. Kochman, MD
he/him
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Center for Endoscopic Innovation, Research and Training
- Wilmott Family Professor
- Professor of Medicine in Surgery
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
- Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
30 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Gastroenterology, 1993
- Internal Medicine, 1989
- American College of Gastroenterology, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Gastroenterological Association, International
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, International
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, National
- Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, National
- Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology, International
- Delaware Valley Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Local
- European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, International
- National Institutes for Health R03 Review Panel, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology, Local
- Philadelphia College of Physicians, National
- Philadelphia GI Training Group, Local
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, International
- Women in Endoscopy (formerly Women in Interventional Endoscopy), International
- Penn Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
- Science Meets Community
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2011 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Saumoy, M., Gao, Y., Allison, K., Cronholm, P. F., Pickett-Blakely, O., Kochman, M. L., Thiruvengadam, N. R. Patient Perception of Endoscopic and Medical Therapies for Weight Loss , Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TIGE): 2024
Anez-Bruzual, I., Coughlin, S., Clay, D., Heiman, J., Dungan, M., Weber, M., Almario, C. V., Leung, G., Ahmad, N. A., Ginsberg, G. G., Kochman, M. L., Valverde, K. D., Long, J. M., Katona, B. W. Assessment of the Psychosocial Impact of Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance in High-Risk Individuals , Cancers, 16(86): 2024
Saumoy M, Gandhi D, Buller S, Patel S, Schneider Y, Cote G, Kochman ML, Thiruvengadam NR, Sharaiha RZ. Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic, surgical and pharmacological obesity therapies: a microsimulation and threshold analyses , Gut, 72: 2023,2250-2259
Thiruvengadam NR, Gupta S, Buller S, Awad I, Gandhi D, Ibarra A, Latorre G, Riquelme A, Kochman ML, Cote G, Shah SC, Saumoy M. The Clinical Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Surveillance of Incidentally Detected Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia: A Microsimulation Analysis , Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol: 2023
Thiruvengadam, N.R., Schaubel, D.E., Forde, K., Lee, P., Saumoy, M. and Kochman, M.L. Association of Statin Usage and the Development of Diabetes Mellitus after Acute Pancreatitis , Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(5): 2023
Mukherjee, S., Durkin, C., PeBenito, A.M., Ferrante, N.D., Umana, I.C., Kochman, M.L Assessing ChatGPT’s Ability to Reply to Queries Regarding Colon Cancer Screening Based on Multi-Society Guidelines , Gastro Hep Advances (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gastha.2023.07.008. 2(8):104-3, 2023.: 2023
Katona BW, Worthington C, Clay D, Cincotta H, Ahmad NA, Ginsberg GG, Kochman ML, Brand RE. Outcomes of the IMMray PanCan-d Test in High-Risk Individuals Undergoing Pancreatic Surveillance: Pragmatic Data and Lessons Learned , JCO Precis Oncol: 2023
Thiruvengadam NR, Coté GA, Gupta S, Rodrigues M, Schneider Y, Arain MA, Solaimani P, Serrao S, Kochman ML, Saumoy M. An Evaluation of Critical Factors for the Cost-Effectiveness of Real-Time Computer-Aided Detection: Sensitivity and Threshold Analyses Using a Microsimulation Model , Gastroenterology: 2023
Thiruvengadam, N.R., Kouanda, A., Kalluri, A., Schaubel, D., Saumoy, M., Forde, K., Song, J., Faggen, A., Davis, B.G., Onwugaje, K.C., Cote, G., Arrain, M. A., Kochman, M. L. A Prospective Cohort Study Evaluating PAN-PROMISE, a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure To Detect Post-ERCP Morbidity , Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21: 2023
Thiruvengadam NR, Kouanda A, Kalluri A, Schaubel D, Saumoy M, Forde K, Song J, Faggen A, Davis BG, Onwugaje KC, Cote G, Arain MA, Kochman ML. A Prospective Cohort Study Evaluating PAN-PROMISE, a Patient-reported Outcome Measure to Detect Post-ERCP Morbidity , Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol: 2022